Minnesota regulations
Crappie (Black & White) Regulations in Minnesota 2026
Minnesota Crappie regulations as of 2026-05-08: Possession 5 fish; Possession 5 fish; Daily bag 5 fish/day. Sourced from DNR.
Rules (136)
Minnesota statewide
- Gear
- Angling Only
You may use up to 3 artificial flies on 1 fishing line when you are fishing for bass, crappie, rock bass, sunfish, or trout.
Annie Battle Lake Including Inlet To Molly Stark Lake And Outlet To Blanche Lake
- Possession
- 5 fish
Annie Battle Lake Including Inlet To Molly Stark Lake And Outlet To Blanche Lake (Otter Tail)
- Possession
- 5 fish
Arrowhead
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Arrowhead Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Augusta Lake Including Connected Clearwater, Grass, Augusta, Otter, And Caroline Lakes (Wright)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Bear Creek Reservoir (Chester Woods)
- Possession
- 10 fish
only 5 may be crappie
Bertha
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Bertha Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Big Mantrap (Hubbard)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Big Pine Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Big Portage Lake And Connected Rice And Deep Portage Lakes (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Big Trout
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Big Trout Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Borden Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Boy Lake And Connected Swift Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Canada-Minnesota Border Waters
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Cascade Lake (Cascade Ponds)
- Possession
- 10 fish
only 5 may be crappie
Cedar LakeOpen
- Status
- Permitted
Certified weight record: 3 lbs, 13 oz
Cedar Lake (Morrison)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Clamshell
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Clamshell Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Clearwater Lake Including Connected Caroline, Augusta, Grass And Otter Lakes And Connecting Portions Of The Clearwater River (Stearns And Wright)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Crawford Lake (Wright)
- Possession
- 5 fish
Cross Lake Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Dagget
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Dagget Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Dutch Lake (Hennepin)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Dyers Lake (Cook)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
East Twin Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Edward Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Eunice Lake (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
- Min size
- 10"
Fish Lake Near Parkers Prairie (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Fish Lake Near Weetown (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Fish Lake Reservoir (St. Louis)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Fladmark Lake (Otter Tail)
- Possession
- 5 fish
Foster-Arend Lake
- Possession
- 10 fish
only 5 may be crappie
Franklin Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
- Min size
- 10"
Gamehaven Lake (Boy Scout Lake Or Willow Reservoir No. 4)
- Possession
- 10 fish
only 5 may be crappie
George Lake (Kandiyohi)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Gilbert Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Gladstone Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Goodrich Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Goose Lake (Chisago)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Half Moon Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Hubert Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Inguadona Lake
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Inguadona Lake And Connected Rice Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Island-Loon
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Island-Loon Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Itasca Lake (Clearwater)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Kalmar Reservoir
- Possession
- 10 fish
only 5 may be crappie
La Salle Lake (Hubbard)
- Possession
- 5 fish
- Possession
- 5 fish
Lac Qui Parle Lake Upstream To Marsh Lake Dam
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Lac Qui Parle Lake Upstream To Marsh Lake Dam, Including The Watson Sag Upstream To The Diversion Dam (Lac Qui Parle And Chippewa)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Lake ConstanceOpen
- Status
- Permitted
Certified weight record: 3 lbs, 15 oz
Leech Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Lida Lakes, North
- Min size
- 11"
Lida Lakes, South
- Min size
- 11"
Lida Lakes, South And North, Including Mud Lake (Otter Tail)
- Min size
- 11"
Little Cormorant Lake (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
- Min size
- 10"
Little Pine Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Little Pine Lake Including Mud Lake West Of County Hwy 51 And Up To 425th Avenue (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Little Pine Lakes
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Little Rabbit Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Little Sauk Lake (Todd)
- Possession
- 5 fish
Little Webb Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Lower Hay
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Lower Hay Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Mandall Lake (Chisago)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Manor Woods Pond (Country Club Pond)
- Possession
- 10 fish
only 5 may be crappie
Maple Lake (Douglas)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
- Min size
- 10"
Maple Lake, Upper (Wright)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mary Lake (Hubbard)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Maud Lake (Becker)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
- Min size
- 10"
Medicine Lake (Hennepin)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mink-Somers Lake Near Maple Lake (Wright)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mission Lakes, Lower
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mission Lakes, Lower And Upper (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mission Lakes, Upper
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mississippi River From Brainerd Dam Upstream To Highway 6 Including Rice, Little Rabbit, And Half Moon Lakes And Connected Backwaters (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Moccasin Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Moosehead Lake (Carlton)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Mound Lake (Todd)
- Possession
- 5 fish
Mud Lake (Otter Tail)
- Min size
- 11"
North Dakota-Minnesota Border Waters
- Daily bag
- 30 fish/day
North Long Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
North Turtle Lake (Otter Tail)
- Min size
- 10"
Norway Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
- Min size
- 10"
Orwell Reservoir And Up To Dayton Hollow Dam (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Ozawindib Lake (Clearwater)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Parley Lake (Carver)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Perch Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Pig
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Pig Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Prior Lake, Upper And Lower (Scott)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Quarry Hill Nature Center Pond
- Possession
- 10 fish
only 5 may be crappie
Rabour Lake (Chisago)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Rice Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Rice Lake And Connected Inguadona Lake (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Riley Lake (Carver)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Rogers Lake (Crow Wing)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Rush-Hen
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Rush-Hen Lake
- Daily bag
- 5
Sarah Lake (Hennepin)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Sh
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
- Min size
- 10"
Silver Creek Reservoir
- Possession
- 10 fish
only 5 may be crappie
Silver Lake
- Possession
- 10 fish
only 5 may be crappie
South Dakota-Minnesota Border Waters
- Daily bag
- 10 fish/day
Spider Lake (Hubbard)
- Min size
- 10"
Splithand Lake Including Moody’s Creek Upstream To County Road 432 (Itasca)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
St. Croix River Downstream Of Taylors Falls Dam, Mississippi River And Lake Pepin
- Possession
- 15 fish
St. Louis River Estuary And St. Croix River Upstream Of Taylors Falls Dam
- Possession
- 25 fish
Star Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Strand Lake (St. Louis)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Stuart Lake (Otter Tail)
- Min size
- 10"
Sucker Lakes, Upper, Middle, And Lower (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Sugar Lake (Wright)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Sylvan Lake Near Pillager (Cass)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Sylvia Lakes, East And West (Wright)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Tail
- Possession
- 5
Twenty-One Lake (Otter Tail)
- Possession
- 5 fish
Venstrom Lake (Otter Tail)
- Min size
- 11"
Watson Sag Upstream To The Diversion Dam
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
West Battle Lake (Otter Tail)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Whiteface Reservoir (St. Louis)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Wild Rice Reservoir (St. Louis)
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
Willow Creek Reservoir
- Possession
- 10 fish
only 5 may be crappie
Also known as
Crappie is also called Crappie (Black & White), Black Crappie, White Crappie. Anglers in different regions use different names for the same fish, and the rules on this page apply to all of them in Minnesota.
Frequently asked questions
When is Crappie season in Minnesota?
Crappie season in Minnesota is set by DNR. Some zones may have specific open windows; see the rule table above.
What is the size limit for Crappie in Minnesota?
Minimum size for Crappie in Minnesota is 10 inches in Eunice Lake (Becker), per DNR. Slot limits or maximum sizes may apply in some zones.
What is the daily bag limit for Crappie in Minnesota?
Daily bag limit for Crappie in Minnesota is 5 fish/day in Arrowhead, per DNR.
Official sources cited
- https://www.eregulations.com/minnesota/fishing/special-regulations
- https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/fishing/fishing_regs.pdf
- https://www.eregulations.com/minnesota/fishing/general-regulations
Reference only. Regulations change frequently, often mid-season. Always verify with DNR before keeping a catch. Last verified .